How to Use hedonism in a Sentence

hedonism

noun
  • Indeed, the list of safety gear and hedonism just goes on and on.
    — Al Haas, Philly.com, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Both represent a hedonism and love of life that one hopes will never go out of style.
    — David Coggins, Town & Country, 10 Dec. 2015
  • Monaco was soon thriving, and a new age of hedonism at the seashore had begun.
    — Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 21 June 2022
  • Except Walker has more on her mind than just rites-of-spring-break hedonism.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2024
  • But the price can rise with the temperature of your hedonism.
    — Al Haas, Philly.com, 28 June 2018
  • Merc, like Gibbs, spits rhymes about hustling and hedonism, but his head and heart may no longer be in the game.
    — The New York Times Magazine, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The hedonism and selfishness on view are an odd post-Covid subject.
    — Armond White, National Review, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The summer of hedonism is calling—go forth and indulge (safely, of course).
    — Megan Murphy, Robb Report, 25 June 2021
  • My headlong descent had much more to do with a willful and heedless pursuit of hedonism.
    — Rachel Desantis, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
  • The show is about unfettered hedonism, in some ways, so there was a little bit of embracing that.
    — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2022
  • There is no city quite as synonymous with hedonism as Las Vegas.
    — Amy Louise Bailey, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Elsewhere the novel reads like an inquiry into the lure of nihilistic hedonism in an amoral age.
    — Nathaniel Rich, The Atlantic, 18 Nov. 2014
  • The high stakes predicament leads the three friends to double down on hedonism, while attempting to navigate a way out.
    — Callum McLennan, Variety, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The best sandwiches toe the line between pure hedonism and health—the bite of vinegar and brine, the crunch of fresh vegetables.
    — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2026
  • But that doesn't quite convey the machismo, the serious drugs, the hedonism, the wild debauchery of the life.
    — Deirdre Donahue, USA TODAY, 8 June 2018
  • The references to beachside candy and Brighton rock are symbols for drugs and hedonism.
    — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 17 June 2022
  • There’s a dark side to Jane’s Addiction beyond the rock-critic clichés of drugs and hedonism.
    — Vulture, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The hits, hair and hedonism are well known, but check out the interplay and catchy-heaviness on Ratt’s era-defining tracks.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 30 Jan. 2022
  • The carefree hedonism of two British ex-pats in India comes to an end when an old foe from London tracks them down.
    — Times Staff, latimes.com, 22 Apr. 2018
  • The Goodtime Hotel is all about relaxed escapism, with a dash of hedonism thrown in for good measure.
    — Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 17 May 2021
  • There, as in Megalopolis, the citizens were at the mercy of the elites’ hedonism and warfare.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 May 2024
  • There was a lot of hedonism around (the commercial style), and the whole idea of punk music was taking it back to the streets a little bit and taking off the gloss.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2022
  • There appears to be a light moral center, as Br’er Rabbit, often not at home, is chasing a life of hedonism.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2023
  • The week ahead is perfect for romance, pleasure, updating your looks, and hedonism in all forms, so don’t let this week's energy go to waste.
    — Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The hedonism of succumbing to this kind of dream is linked to the masochistic pleasures of dystopian nightmare-mongering.
    — New York Times, 20 Apr. 2020
  • But what about on one of the Mediterranean's most famous party islands -- Mykonos -- known as a bastion of hedonism?
    — Hannah Seligson, CNN, 2 July 2021
  • Part of the joy of travel is leaning into hedonism, abandoning everyday life.
    — Chloe Laws, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Apr. 2026
  • An intimate hotel and members’ club brings a note of stylish hedonism to a genteel corner of Mayfair.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 May 2026
  • The festival had a Christian tie-in, as a burst of hedonism before the austerity of Lent.
    — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
  • In New Orleans, a strong Catholic tradition combines with city-wide hedonism both on the day itself and in the weeks-long build up.
    — Paul Oswell, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2022

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